The Game Census
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Kine

Chump Squad · 2020-10-19

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2019 (Google Stadia), Oct 16, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 17, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 17, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

A quirky 3D puzzle game about three musicians forming a band and trying to score their breakout hit.

95%
positive of 126 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.78★
PlayStation Store rating (9 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 49,821 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 126 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Epic Game Store (2023-12-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220202026Week of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-07-192026-10-102019-07-19 — best price $0.002019-12-19 — best price $14.992020-04-02 — best price $14.992020-07-23 — best price $13.392020-10-19 — best price $9.892020-12-17 — best price $7.492021-02-03 — best price $7.492021-02-25 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-09-23 — best price $14.992021-11-23 — best price $7.492021-12-09 — best price $5.092022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $4.492022-04-07 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $4.492022-08-23 — best price $4.492022-11-22 — best price $3.742022-12-22 — best price $3.742023-03-09 — best price $3.742023-04-20 — best price $14.992023-06-15 — best price $14.992023-08-03 — best price $3.742023-11-21 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $3.742024-05-23 — best price $3.742024-08-01 — best price $14.992024-11-18 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-08 — best price $14.992025-04-15 — best price $3.742025-06-05 — best price $14.992025-09-14 — best price $14.992025-11-27 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $3.742026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
81.2%
earned "This is Perfect!"
23%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-19 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DCuteFunnyCasualPuzzleSokobanSurrealCartoonyStrategyStylized

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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